Beauty in everything

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In fact, for creating this beautiful mosaic inspired by the iconic painting “The Starry Night”, Alex Parker used most famous space portraits taken by the Hubble telescope over the last 20 years. Besides, he used computer to re-produce the artwork, and downloaded Hubble’s Top 100 Images, and began reconstructing Van Gogh’s masterpiece. By the way, Alex’s specialty is exploring the asteroids and proto-planets of our solar system. According to him, the idea came up around the time of Hubble’s 22nd birthday, when he thought it would be neat to assemble a collage of a bunch of Hubble images from over its history. Alex Harrison Parker has Bachelors Degree in Physics and Astronomy with Honors (University of Washington, 2007), Art and Science Degree with Honors.More »

Museum of History of the phone in Moscow
Noteworthy, the first call in Moscow was made on 1 July 1882. As telephone service cost 250 rubles per year, only 26 people could afford it. However, by 1901, the number of users increased to 3000. In fact, Museum of History of the phone is Europe’s largest collection of vintage telephones. Currently, the museum exhibits works in the office of telecommunication company “Mastertel” in Moscow. The main purpose of the Museum – the preservation of the priceless heritage of the world in the field of telecommunication. In addition, transferring knowledge to younger generations about how over the centuries means of communication evolved, and the impact on the further development of mankind. Meanwhile, people very quickly get used to the comfort and do not think that all we have now – is the result of long and hard work of the whole galaxy of the world’s innovators and scientists. In particular, P.M. Golubitsky, P.H. Yablochkov, A.S. Popov, A.G. Bell, N. Tesla, T. Edison, S. Morse, G. Marconi, A. Meucci and many others.More »

Freelance underwater photographer Yoji Ookata spotted something he had never seen. Mystery Circle-a love story in the Deep Sea

Mystery Circle-a love story in the Deep Sea
In fact, the oceans covering 70 percent of Earth are the most mysterious parts of our planet. However, humans haven’t even seen 95 percent of what lies underwater. In other words, people have better knowledge about the surface of Mars than of the bottom of the sea. Meanwhile, freelance underwater photographer Yoji Ookata spotted something he has never seen. Neither have most of us. It was a geometric, circular structure measuring roughly 6.5 ft in diameter, precisely carved from sand on the seabed. In particular, it consisted of multiple ridges, symmetrically jutting out from the center, and appeared to be the work of an underwater artist, carefully working with tools.More »

New species of owl faced monkey discovered
According to researchers, they identified the monkey with a distinctive blue rear end in Africa. The species, known locally as the lesula, was discovered after a young female was seen kept captive at the home of a primary school director in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2007. The young animal resembled an owl faced monkey (Cercopithecus hamlyni). However, the color of its rear end was different to that of any known species. And about this wrote the researchers in the journal PLoS ONE. In fact, they say, its blue rear end is unique.More »

Marble glittering berry Pollia condensata
These beautiful tiny glittering berries, actually the shiniest objects in the world, belong to the plant Pollia condensata. But it’s more than their brilliance that makes these tropical fruits, native to Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda, noteworthy. The plant is made up of special layer of cells that reflects light to give the fruit its iridescent hues – a phenomenon known as structural coloration. “The optics are impressive,” Silvia Vignolini, co-author of the study, told Nature. According to her, there are no previous examples of this in nature. Despite having no nutritional value, birds are attracted to the appearance of of the berries. Birds sometimes decorate their nests with the berries, in the process help spreading the seeds.More »

Astronomy Picture of the Day – website, where each day they show a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe. In addition, they provide a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The Pleiades Star Cluster is the most famous star cluster on the sky, the Pleiades seen without binoculars from even the depths of a light-polluted city. Also known as the Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades is one of the brightest and closest open clusters. The Pleiades contains over 3000 stars, is about 400 light years away, and only 13 light years across. Quite evident in the above photograph are the blue reflection nebulae that surround the brighter cluster stars.More »

Squirrels interesting facts
First of all, we love these small tree animals, with a very cute bushy tail and sharp teeth. They are fast, really intelligent and always alert! It is fun to watch them and their amusing gestures. Following are some facts about them. There are more than 300 species of squirrels in 7 families. Squirrels are of different types such as ground squirrels, tree squirrels, flying squirrels and fox squirrels. Squirrels are seen in different colors such as gray, white, red and black. They have a life span of 5 to 7 years. Squirrels have not evolved since the last 37 years. It is an amusing sight to watch them jump here and there. Here is the scientific classification of squirrels.More »